Antiskid attachment for vehicle-wheels.



M. BAJAR.

ANTISKID ATTACHMENT PoR VEHICLE WHEELS.

APPLIOATION FILED JUNE l1,1914.

1,118,390. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

NITED 1 STAEISAS PATENT FFIUE.

MARTIN" BAJR,OF VANDERBILT, PENNSYLVANIA,.ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF T0 JOSEPH MAKSIN, 0F `VANDERlBlUl/l7 PENNSYLVANIA.

ANTISKID `A'FJACHMENT FOR VEHICLE-WHEELS.

Application led June 4, 1914.

T0 all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN BAJAR, a subject of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, residing at Vanderbilt, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Antiskid Attachments for Vehicle- Wheels, of which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in anti-skid attachments for vehicle wheels..

An object of the invention is to provide an anti-skid attachment for vehicle wheels which will prevent the wheel from sliding laterally should the same attempt to skid and will in no way interfere with cushioning properties of an automobile wheel.

A `further object of the invention is to provide an anti-skid attachment for vehicle wheels which will become operative when the wheel attempts a side sliding or skidding movement,but which is` normally out of rigid contact with the road surface when the wheel is moving in the usual forward or backward direction, thus obviating undue injury to concrete pavements or other highways.

Vith the above and other objects in view that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and then claimed.

In the accompanying drawing which shows the preferred embodiment of my inventionand to which reference is had herein by like characters designating correspending parts throughout the several views :--Figure 1 is a side yelevational view of a portion of a wheel embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on line II-II of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View taken through the anti-skid plate shown in Fig. 1.

The usual form of anti-skid device in the present day use is of such form and construction as to continuously engage the road surface and owing to the peculiar construction of such anti-skid devices comprising sharpened points and projections, undue injury to the road results.

The principal object of the present inven- Speccation of LettersPatent.

Patented Nov. 211, 1914.

serial No. 842,933.

position adjacent the tread surface of the tire 12. The plate 13 is suitably apertured adjacent its inner edge for the reception of the threaded ends 15 of U-shaped staples 1G, the staples surrounding at their closed ends the spokes 11 and having mounted on the threaded ends thereof outwardly of the said plate 13 the locking nuts 17.

It is believed that the operation will be clearly apparent from the above description and illustration and it is to be noted that the staples 1G are permitted to have a limited movement relative to the spokes 11 so that when the wheel 10is running in the usual manner the spurs 14 are not in rigid contact with the road surface. The plates are prevented from undue rattling and jarring motion by a centrifugal force imparted thereto from the rotating wheel and should the wheel 10 attempt to side slide or skid the staples will bind upon the spokes and the teeth 14 will positively engage the road surface as illustrated in Fig. 3 and prevent such skidding movement. IVhile the drawing shows the application of a single anti-skidplate 13, I do not wish to confine myself to the number used as any number of such plates could be suitably positioned about the tire 12.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment f my invention, I do not wish to confine myself to the exact details of construction shown, as various forms, modifications and arrangements of the parts as shown may be had without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

The combination with a wheel and tire of an antiskid attachment comprising an arcuate-shaped plate serrated at its outer ril edge to provide teeth constituting the road cause the teeth to engage the road surface engaging means, but which normally do not uf'hen'the-Wheel slides side-wiselo project beyond the ytread surface of the tire, In testimony whereof I affix my signature oi U-shaped staples mounted on the Wheel in presence of tWo Witnesses.

'a spokes with the :ends thereof :passed through f MARTIN BAJAR.

the plate and means for retaining Said bolts lVitnesses: in connection with said plate, said staples JOSEPH VECCHIO, being adapted to `bind upon the Spokes to O. R. BROUNFIELD.

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